Saying the iPhone lasts from 6am to 10:30pm isn't saying much without knowing the Screen on Time.
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Saying the iPhone lasts from 6am to 10:30pm isn't saying much without knowing the Screen on Time.
You should install the Google keyboard from the Play store if you feel the Samsung stock keyboard is laggy. Same with the launcher, get the Google now launcher from the Play store. Android lets you customize like that.
Thanks. I do have the Google keyboard installed and do still experience lag but the Samsung one was waaay worse. Also running nova launcher right now
I have no lag on my device...its the tmobile version...im still using native touch wiz and Samsung's keyboard and browser....no issues....best device I have for now imo
I switched to Android last April, and I have to say, the execs at Apple have no balls. Apple can learn from Google without sacrificing innovative priorities.
Macs are my lifeblood, but I've really lost my newbie buzz with iPhones and their compatibility with Mac OSX.
Long live the S7, my man.
Macs are my lifeblood, but I've really lost my newbie buzz with iPhones and their compatibility with Mac OSX.
Long live the S7, my man.
Hmmmm I'm really wondering if using nova launcher has anything to do with the lag people are experiencing. I switched over to TouchWiz for the last 30 mins which isn't long enough to really tell but so far it's been great with the exception that TouchWiz absolutely sucks compared to nova feature wise
ios "usage" and screen on time are not the same thing
Hmm I'm going to try without nova for a bit. Right now it's running smoothly and I even have a pretty large audio book downloading as I type. Not a hint of lag, weird.
It does mean much as standby time is still easily the best on any phone I've had. My S7 edge drained like anything not being used.
Usage time was at about 9 hours, 30 mins before it was on the charge but screen on time is never accurate on iphones as it isn't true on screen time as usage would be playing music with screen off . This was with music for a full hour, you tube and general usage throughout the day with email/texts/tapatalk.
and if the battery gets better in the 7 then it could be a beast battery wise
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sadly lag is very common on samsung devices using the keyboard. The worse lag for me was using S7 edge when in the apps when i searched for an app. samsung keyboard does tend to lag abit was worse on my s6 edge than s7 edge though. It doesn't seem as bad on swiftkey
LOL to some of the haters of the Note7 who don't even own it. Sour grapes. I saw one comment get 8 likes on Phone Arena calling it a failure because of the XDA concerns, $850, and some isolated incident of it exploding. Amen, brother! LOL
The phone just barely came out last week and hasn't been nationwide released in the Philippines until September. Expect issues just like whatever -gate comes out for a new iPhone. This is why you don't rush to buy shiny new toys. You wait long enough to see if they iron out the bugs. Is it perfect? Of course not. I never expected it to be but its flaws are hardly fatal to me. Software lag is FIXABLE. Samsung can also improve battery life with updates.
I only pay attention to the Note7 Exynos reviews these days. No longer bat an eye for the SD820 variant. There is a small chance that if the Note7 is still plagued with the same issues, the S7 edge Exynos / 64gb is the one I will get just to save some cash. My heart is still set on the Note7. Exynos 8890 is the only way to roll with the S7 edge or Note7. Americans got screwed again twice this year from Samsung's weaker sauce 7's. The advantage living outside USA is we get the Exynos variant again.
1. Note7 Exynos / 128gb / 6gb
2. Note7 Exynos / 64gb / 4gb
3. S7 edge Exynos / 64gb / 4gb
Samsung Galaxy Note 7 review: Take note, this is the big-screen phone to beat
Samsung Galaxy Note7 review: An S7 Edge on steroids
The phone just barely came out last week and hasn't been nationwide released in the Philippines until September. Expect issues just like whatever -gate comes out for a new iPhone. This is why you don't rush to buy shiny new toys. You wait long enough to see if they iron out the bugs. Is it perfect? Of course not. I never expected it to be but its flaws are hardly fatal to me. Software lag is FIXABLE. Samsung can also improve battery life with updates.
I only pay attention to the Note7 Exynos reviews these days. No longer bat an eye for the SD820 variant. There is a small chance that if the Note7 is still plagued with the same issues, the S7 edge Exynos / 64gb is the one I will get just to save some cash. My heart is still set on the Note7. Exynos 8890 is the only way to roll with the S7 edge or Note7. Americans got screwed again twice this year from Samsung's weaker sauce 7's. The advantage living outside USA is we get the Exynos variant again.
1. Note7 Exynos / 128gb / 6gb
2. Note7 Exynos / 64gb / 4gb
3. S7 edge Exynos / 64gb / 4gb
Samsung Galaxy Note 7 review: Take note, this is the big-screen phone to beat
Samsung Galaxy Note7 review: An S7 Edge on steroids
The Samsung keyboard has always been crap. If I couldn't change my keyboard then I wouldn't use a Samsung device. SwiftKey is much better.
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Is this an exynos review savor?LOL to some of the haters of the Note7 who don't even own it. Sour grapes. I saw one comment get 8 likes on Phone Arena calling it a failure because of the XDA concerns, $850, and some isolated incident of it exploding. Amen, brother! LOL
The phone just barely came out last week and hasn't been nationwide released in the Philippines until September. Expect issues just like whatever -gate comes out for a new iPhone. This is why you don't rush to buy shiny new toys. You wait long enough to see if they iron out the bugs. Is it perfect? Of course not. I never expected it to be but its flaws are hardly fatal to me. Software lag is FIXABLE. Samsung can also improve battery life with updates.
I only pay attention to the Note7 Exynos reviews these days. No longer bat an eye for the SD820 variant. There is a small chance that if the Note7 is still plagued with the same issues, the S7 edge Exynos / 64gb is the one I will get just to save some cash. My heart is still set on the Note7. Exynos 8890 is the only way to roll with the S7 edge or Note7. Americans got screwed again twice this year from Samsung's weaker sauce 7's. The advantage living outside USA is we get the Exynos variant again.
1. Note7 Exynos / 128gb / 6gb
2. Note7 Exynos / 64gb / 4gb
3. S7 edge Exynos / 64gb / 4gb
Samsung Galaxy Note 7 review: Take note, this is the big-screen phone to beat
Samsung Galaxy Note7 review: An S7 Edge on steroids
This is crazy! Such different experiences. I'm now officially blaming the carrier's.
I'm using google now launcher without many issues however, it does makes sense that TouchWiz would run everything smoother. The phone was specifically optimized for that launcher. Not 3rd party launchers. Which I find almost nobody running in the wild. They don't even know what a launcher is.
LOL to some of the haters of the Note7 who don't even own it. Sour grapes. I saw one comment get 8 likes on Phone Arena calling it a failure because of the XDA concerns, $850, and some isolated incident of it exploding. Amen, brother! LOL
The phone just barely came out last week and hasn't been nationwide released in the Philippines until September. Expect issues just like whatever -gate comes out for a new iPhone. This is why you don't rush to buy shiny new toys. You wait long enough to see if they iron out the bugs. Is it perfect? Of course not. I never expected it to be but its flaws are hardly fatal to me. Software lag is FIXABLE. Samsung can also improve battery life with updates.
I only pay attention to the Note7 Exynos reviews these days. No longer bat an eye for the SD820 variant. There is a small chance that if the Note7 is still plagued with the same issues, the S7 edge Exynos / 64gb is the one I will get just to save some cash. My heart is still set on the Note7. Exynos 8890 is the only way to roll with the S7 edge or Note7. Americans got screwed again twice this year from Samsung's weaker sauce 7's. The advantage living outside USA is we get the Exynos variant again.
1. Note7 Exynos / 128gb / 6gb
2. Note7 Exynos / 64gb / 4gb
3. S7 edge Exynos / 64gb / 4gb
Samsung Galaxy Note 7 review: Take note, this is the big-screen phone to beat
Samsung Galaxy Note7 review: An S7 Edge on steroids
Wait a second, so you don't own one?
Had a ton of lag with Samsung keyboard and much less with Swiftkey. Using google keyboard for the last few days and it's been mostly good. I don't think it's the keyboard to be honest I think it's that they keyboard lags when something else is going on in the background like downloading an app. Has been mostly good for the last 12 hours or so so I'm crossing my fingers
No sour grapes here. I've owned several Galaxy phones. While they're fantastic looking devices, the lag and/or eventual slow down has always been an issue for me. Add battery drain to that and it has consistently led to me always going back to iOS.
Are Galaxies great phones? Yes. Do I prefer iPhones due to the issues stated above? Yes.
It's not always a "hater" issue.
Are Galaxies great phones? Yes. Do I prefer iPhones due to the issues stated above? Yes.
It's not always a "hater" issue.
Had a weird thing happen on Verizon version as well the first day I got it. The screen turned a shade of red and started blinking over and over for about 30 seconds. I'm not making this up. Hasn't happened since to my att model. My brother has an att model and the first day he got it the screen turned black and blinked too so I know it wasn't just my phone. But again things seem OK today and yesterday after I rebooted my wife's phone. Next time it happens I'll try and record it
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